Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana UncoveredUniversity of Michigan Press, 2006 - 242 pages Extrait de la couverture : "In rejecting falsely homogenizing accounts of women's lives, feminist economists have, in recent years, unlocked the multiple ways in which gendered relations of dominance and subordination are maintained. One of the key differences they have turned their attention to is ethnicity. This study of Muslim, Sinhala and Tamil Households, in Sri Lanka examines both the commonality of patriarchal structures and economic problems in such households, as well as the differences created by the ethnicities that divide them. The author looks at the nature and reliability of kinship support for female heads and the reciprocal obligations in terms of female propriety and conventional conduct extracted from female heads. She questions development policies premise on the patriarchal household and argues for a recognition of diversity and complexity." |
Table des matières
Seven | 10 |
Literature on Femaleheadship | 14 |
Situating Sri Lankan | 29 |
Femaleheads in | 51 |
Five | 70 |
Dutiful Daughters Sacrificing Sons | 117 |
Eight | 135 |
Nearing Limits or Pushing Boundaries? | 174 |
Appendix C | 226 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Affichage d'extraits - 2006 |
Matrilineal Communities, Patriarchal Realities: A Feminist Nirvana Uncovered Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Aucun aperçu disponible - 2006 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
activities Agarwal age group Ampara and Trincomalee Ampara Batticaloa Trincomalee analysis and/or Bangladesh Batticaloa and Trincomalee cent of female-heads Chapters Four cultural norms daughters demographic depend dowries dynamics eastern Sri Lanka economic methodology economic support ethnic conflict ethnic groups ethno-nationalist facto female-head facto headship female female-headed households feminist economic feminist economists gender relations gender roles girls headed households home-based household structures husband ibid ideology important issues kin structures labour market lead to female-headship limited linked LTTE Malathi de Alwis marital marriage married methodological mother Muslim female-heads Muslims and Tamils networks NGOs non-economic noted occupations ontology particular patriarchal structures patterns political position poverty region role Sample Sinhala and Tamil Sinhala female-heads Sinhalese social reality social structures sons South Asia spouses survival strategies Tamil female-heads Trincomalee All Districts wage labour welfare well-being widowhood widows young younger female-heads Youssef and Hetler
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Page 233 - Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. Between Groups Within Groups Total 50.638 41.800 92.438 3 16.879 3.483 4.846 .020 12 15 Mean Difference (IJ) 95% Confidence Interval Lower Bound Upper Bound (I) GRID (J)GPID Std. Error Sig. 1.00 2.00 3.00 -5.0000...